Killers of 7 FRSC officers must face trial - Oyeyemi

Speaking in
Lagos at the weekend, Mr. Oyeyemi said that FRSC between the last four months
has lost 7 officers due to reckless driving of some motorists, insisting they
must be made to face the law.

This kind of
killing, he said, is most regrettable because those officers were doing their
constitutional job and should be respected at all times.

“FRSC
lost about 7 officers between December and date,” he decried, promising that
culprits will be prosecuted.

ITRealms recalled that FRSC, established in in February
1988 by the Federal Government under the statute books as the FRSC Act cap 141
Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN), has the functions of making the
highway safe for motorists and other road users, recommend works and devices
designed to eliminate or minimize accidents on the highways and advising the
Federal and State Governments including the Federal Capital Territory
Administration and relevant governmental agencies on the localities where such
works and devices are required.

In addition, FRSC has the mandate to educate motorists and
members of the public on the importance of discipline on the highway,
particularly, has responsibilities of preventing or minimizing accidents on the
highway; clearing obstructions on any part of the highways; educating drivers,
motorists and other members of the
public generally on the proper use of the highways; designing and producing the
driver’s license to be used by various categories of vehicle operators; determining,
from time to time, the requirements to be satisfied by an applicant for a
driver’s licence; and designing and producing vehicle number plates.

Equally, ITRealms notes that FRSC has the mandate to standardization of highway traffic codes; giving
prompt attention and care to victims of accidents; conducting researches into
causes of motor accidents and methods of preventing them and putting into use
the result of such researches; determining and enforcing speed limits for all
categories of roads and vehicles and controlling the use of speed limiting
devices; cooperating with bodies or agencies or groups in road safety
activities or in prevention of accidents on the highways.

Further,by making regulations in pursuance of any of the functions assigned
to the Corps by or under the Act, ITRealms gathered that FRSC also regulates the use of sirens,
flashers and beacon lights on vehicles other than ambulances and vehicles
belonging to the Armed Forces, Nigeria Police, Fire Service and other para-military
agencies; just as it must provide roadside and mobile clinics for the treatment
of accident victims free of charge; regulating the use of mobile phones by
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